Sea Levels Seesaw
Duelling climate cycles such as El Niño and La Niña are causing sea levels to wobble back and forth across the Pacific with increasing magnitude in conjunction with climate change, according to a new NASA study.
Variations in sea levels in the Pacific basin are now three times greater than those observed on average during the previous 30 years.
Asia is currently on the high side of the sea level sway, while coastlines in the Americas as far north as California are experiencing a lower sea level.
For communities threatened by rising tides, predicting when the seesaw will swing the other way is becoming more crucial. The NASA findings may help improve those predictions.
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